1) The Eastland Disaster: On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland was parked along the Chicago River when it capsized. Ever since, ...

The story starts at the end of the nineteenth century, when gifted scientists were systematically filling in gaps in Mendeleev's table by deciphering atomic optical spectra. Today this task seems ...

This trend was augmented by the Industrial Revolution and the growth of the middle class in the 19th century, which enabled young men to select a spouse and pay for a wedding, regardless of ...

maps and photographs—and why we shouldn't take them for granted A bold new photographic project asks modern-day Americans to recreate portraits of their 19th-century ancestors in painstakingly ...

The Chicago Limelight opening was a local news headline ... each U.S. military fort at the turn of the 19th century had a sutler, as well as a factor—who traded goods to Indigenous people ...

A team recently dived deep beneath Lake Huron hoping to harvest grain that may one day be distilled into whiskey with a flavor forgotten to history.

For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of Kenya into their own human hunting grounds, killing many construction workers who were building the Kenya-Uganda railway.

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

(Colonial Williamsburg has done archaeology on the site of a Black church from the early 19th century and is putting markers on 62 gravesites that were found. Plans are in place to begin rebuilding ...

The Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board unanimously recommended the Luigart Malt House Complex for inclusion on the ...

Follow our live cricket update for in-depth match coverage and exciting highlights from Karnataka vs Bengal Elite, Group C in ...

A grisly and yet somehow delightful musical about strange desserts in 19th century London. Tickets: $19-$23. “The Ghastly Dreadfuls” at Center for Puppetry Arts. Seven actors, musicians and ...